 State Route 39 | ||||
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| 12th Street Ogden River Scenic Byway | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byUDOT | ||||
| Length | 67.744 mi[1] (109.023 km) | |||
| Existed | 1911 as a state highway; 1927 as SR-39–present | |||
| Restrictions | Closed in winter from mile 37 to 55.5[2] | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SR-134 nearMarriott-Slaterville | |||
| Major intersections |   I-15 /I-84 in Marriott-Slaterville US 89 inOgden | |||
| East end |  SR-16 inWoodruff | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Utah | |||
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State Route 39 (SR-39) is a state highway in northernUtah connectingOgden toWoodruff viaOgden Canyon andHuntsville. The highway is locally designated as12th Street in Ogden and theOgden River Scenic Byway through Ogden Canyon. The route is 67.7 miles (109 km) long.
Prior to 1964, SR-39 was routed along 24th Street and Harrison Boulevard in Ogden. A change in the route moved the route north to 12th Street.
The route begins heading east from the intersection at 4700 West (SR-134) as a two-lane highway in a relatively rural part ofWeber County. By the junction of 1900 West (SR-126) in a more urban portion of the county, the route is widened to five lanes. The highway variates in direction after Monroe Boulevard, veering to the southeast. This portion of the route (specifically west ofSR-203) is included in theNational Highway System.[3]
Once exitingOgden, the route becomes more curved as it traversesOgden Canyon on a two-lane road, still maintaining a general east-northeasterly direction. TheOgden River runs parallel to the highway during its tenure in Ogden Canyon. This portion of the route is named Ogden River Scenic Byway. As it enters the Ogden Valley,SR-158 splits off to the north, crossingPineview Dam, while SR-39 continues to the east, along the southern edge ofPineview Reservoir. Right before enteringHuntsville, the route turns north and becomes 7800 East. The route turns east and maintains an initial north-northeasterly direction before eventually turning northeast. It traverses scenic, remote areas of theWasatch Range and this portion between Huntsville and Woodruff is closed during winter. The route terminates at Main Street (SR-16) inWoodruff.
The road fromOgden toHuntsville was added to the state highway system in 1911,[4] and in 1919 the state legislature extended it east toRandolph.[5] The portion north fromWoodruff to Randolph became part of a different highway (nowSR-16) in 1921,[6] and in 1927 the legislature defined the Ogden-Woodruff road as SR-39.[7] The original alignment in Ogden followed 24th Street fromUS-91 (nowUS-89) east to Harrison Boulevard (SR-103, nowSR-203), where it turned north and then east on Valley Drive toOgden Canyon.State Route 205 was created in 1963, following 12th Street from SR-1 east to Harrison Boulevard, in exchange for givingSR-183A to the city.[8] One year later, SR-39 was realigned to replace SR-205, continuing east on a new roadway from 12th Street and Harrison Boulevard to the canyon. The portion of SR-39 on Harrison Boulevard was renumbered asSR-203, which had ended at Valley Drive, and the portion on 24th Street became part ofSR-37. In 1965, SR-39 was extended west toSR-84 (nowSR-126), in order to form a direct connection between proposedI-15 and Ogden Canyon, and in 1969 it was extended farther to its present terminus atSR-40 (nowSR-134).[4]
| County | Location[9] | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Weber | | 0.000 | 0.000 | SR-134 (4700 West) | Western terminus | |||
| Marriott-Slaterville | 3.520 | 5.665 |  SR-126 (1900 West) | |||||
| 3.896– 4.098 | 6.270– 6.595 | I-15 /I-84 –Salt Lake City,Cheyenne,Tremonton | ||||||
| Ogden | 5.965 | 9.600 |  SR-204 (Wall Avenue) | |||||
| 6.396 | 10.293 | US 89 (Washington Boulevard) | ||||||
| 7.713 | 12.413 |   SR-203 south (Harrison Boulevard) | ||||||
| | 13.792 | 22.196 |   SR-158 north –Eden,Liberty | |||||
| | 17.492 | 28.151 |  SR-167 south –Snowbasin | |||||
| Cache | No major junctions | |||||||
| Rich | Woodruff | 67.744 | 109.023 | SR-16 (Main Street) –Evanston,Randolph | Eastern terminus | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
(f) From Ogden eastwardly via Ogden Canyon and Huntsville to South Fork Canyon, Beaver Canyon over the divide easterly to Randolph.
(q) From the Utah-Idaho state line near Swan Creek in Rich county following the west shore of Bear Lake by way of Garden City, Laketown, Randolph, Woodruff, to the Utah-Wyoming state line at a point about ten (10) miles in a southeasterly direction from Woodruff.
39. From Ogden easterly via Huntsville to Woodruff.
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